So, in my region we have an internal IT team for maintenance of our systems. This past week, one of IT techs was down with an internal auditor doing their biannual audit or our systems: making sure that the backups are working, checking the security, physical environment, etc.
Our IT Tech asked me where we keep our spare batteries - the remote control for the server room cooling was dead.
The next day our development box was flaking out and I heard the server fans going crazy in the server room, so I went in to check on them (I am one of the few non-IT people with physical access to the server room) and was met with a blast of hot air. The temp in the room was over 85 degrees.
Apparently the IT tech and auditor turned off the a/c while they were in there since it blows right where they were standing. So I grabbed the remote to turn on the a/c again, only to find that it was still dead. The batteries had been put in upside down!
Yes, this was done by the guy who is responsible for the server environment, and the auditor who was supposed to make sure he was doing his job and that these things don't happen!
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